Who Killed Walter Benjamin…

Name: Who Killed Walter Benjamin…
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: 2020-06-29
Duration: 1 hr 13 min
Rating: 60
Cast: Juan Ramón Capella, Félix de Azúa, Stéphane Hessel, Dani Karavan, Stéphane Mosès

Movie"… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime."

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NR 1 hr 13 minHistory, Documentary

Philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), a German Jew, flees Germany in 1932, during the turmoil preceding Adolf Hitler's definitive rise to power. On September 26, 1940, he dies in Portbou, a small village on the French-Spanish border. The unexplained end of a man who managed to avoid a horrible fate just to face death in very mysterious circumstances.

StarringJuan Ramón CapellaFélix de AzúaStéphane Hessel

DirectorDavid Mauas

WritersDavid MauasJoan Ripollés Iranzo

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